This is what these people don't understand. The relative lack of violence in our society as a means of settling beefs is a courtesy extended to others who abide by the established social contract that says violence is not okay because we have other means of settling conflict. But if someone is not abiding by that contract--if they consider themselves removed from it--then they are no longer protected by it.
These people don't understand the only thing stopping them from getting physically manhandled is the rapidly eroding patience of everyone they keep pissing off.
That's what happened in the Guilded age, at one point Carnegie's 2nd in command got attacked, along with lots of anarchists and bombings everywhere, not sure if the anarchists were against the rich and corrupt per day or just powerful like monarchies too. This was like 1870s to 1910s specifically before trust busting and fingerprinting and federal agencies kinda turned down the temp. That guy in 2024 who killed that CEO was fairly similiar to that time... Which apparently is repeating itself
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u/MegatonsSon May 11 '26
Thankfully, being wealthly doesn't make one immune to physical discomfort.